953460 - Support of file transfers

Status: REOPENED

(Thunderbird :: Instant Messaging, enhancement, P5)

Description

[Instantbot]

*** Original post on bio 9 by Mateo Matachana López <mat30.mail AT gmail.com> at 2007-10-20 10:14:00 UTC ***

Instantbird currently does not support file transfers in the MSN protocol, only shows that your friend it's trying to made a file transfer but you can not accept it. I do not check for other protocols.

Comment 1

[Instantbot]

*** Original post on bio 9 by Donnie Muurdock <dgmurdockiii AT gmail.com> at 2009-09-07 17:10:49 UTC ***

would also like to see this on windows

Comment 2

[Benedikt Pfeifer]

*** Original post on bio 9 at 2010-12-16 00:40:48 UTC ***

Maybe we can 'just' make the file transfer API scriptable for the time being. Someone could pick it up with an extension then and add it if he really wants to?


--- Idea ---
  How this could be added to the UI:

  Receiving files could add a system message with an explanation what happens to the conversation ("ABC is trying to send you a file. [Accept] [Reject]").

  When accepting, the standard save file dialog is shown or not even that, if the user has configured a default folder (maybe buddy specific?) (see Firefox download behaviour).

Since it would hook into the download manager, everything would look perfectly familiar to Firefox users, including clicking a link (or "Save as...") to initiate it. The download manager would work exactly as it does on Firefox (should say something like "Receiving file from ABC" of course).

No idea how to send files but I guess a button opening a standard file picker would do to select it. Drag & drop to conversations (and on buddies on the list?) would be great, there's examples at MDC/MDN if someone wants to have a look.

Comment 3

[Patrick Cloke [:clokep]]

*** Original post on bio 9 at 2011-02-24 15:54:03 UTC ***

(In reply to comment #2)
> Maybe we can 'just' make the file transfer API scriptable for the time being.
> Someone could pick it up with an extension then and add it if he really wants
> to?
Having the API scriptable would be good, yes. I'll need that (and jsProto support) for IRC, but not yet.

>   How this could be added to the UI:
>   Receiving files could add a system message with an explanation what happens
> to the conversation ("ABC is trying to send you a file. [Accept] [Reject]").
This sounds a lot like our "invite" bug UI! Which is good for consistency/all actions.

>   When accepting, the standard save file dialog is shown or not even that, if
> the user has configured a default folder (maybe buddy specific?) (see Firefox
> download behaviour).
> Since it would hook into the download manager, everything would look perfectly
> familiar to Firefox users, including clicking a link (or "Save as...") to
> initiate it. The download manager would work exactly as it does on Firefox
> (should say something like "Receiving file from ABC" of course).
I'd rather the download manager exist but not pop up automatically and actually add a transfer bar in the conversation...once it's done it becomes an "Open" and "Open Location" button and displays file size (and transfer time, speed maybe?)

> No idea how to send files but I guess a button opening a standard file picker
> would do to select it. Drag & drop to conversations (and on buddies on the
> list?) would be great, there's examples at MDC/MDN if someone wants to have a
> look.
Drag & Drop or a send file button or context menu sounds most ideal to me.

Comment 4

[Florian Quèze [:florian]]

*** Original post on bio 9 at 2011-03-09 20:33:43 UTC ***

Mass-change: Reassigning to nobody all the bugs in the NEW or UNCONFIRMED status where I'm the assignee because I used to be the default assignee of the component.

Comment 5

[Instantbot]

*** Original post on bio 9 by Byte Master <bytemaster AT gmail.com> at 2011-08-02 03:30:04 UTC ***

The following is an option that was available in ICQ Pro 2003 and would make stand Instandbird stand out from most others:

* Support for transfer of directory trees (including shell integration).

What from a user point of view would happen is to navigate to the folder you wanted to send, you right-click it in Explorer, go to "ICQ - Send to" this would open a list of currently online contacts and it would send the request. Once (auto)accepted, it would transfer the folder, any subfolders, and all files in it to the contact, created folders as necessary in their Received Files folder.

Shell integration is easier than having to click the contact, go to send files, and having to navigate, but that should be an option too, as well as multi-select (control or shift).

Since ICQ has changed over the years, I don't know if this is still supported in the current version of the ICQ protocol. It would be nice if this was available in any other protocols that might support it.

Comment 6

[Benedikt Pfeifer]

*** Original post on bio 9 at 2011-08-02 08:39:13 UTC ***

(In reply to comment #5)
> The following is an option that was available in ICQ Pro 2003 and would make
> stand Instandbird stand out from most others:
> 
> * Support for transfer of directory trees (including shell integration).
> 
> What from a user point of view would happen is to navigate to the folder you
> wanted to send, you right-click it in Explorer, go to "ICQ - Send to" this
> would open a list of currently online contacts and it would send the request.
> Once (auto)accepted, it would transfer the folder, any subfolders, and all
> files in it to the contact, created folders as necessary in their Received
> Files folder.
> 
> Shell integration is easier than having to click the contact, go to send files,
> and having to navigate, but that should be an option too, as well as
> multi-select (control or shift).
> 
> Since ICQ has changed over the years, I don't know if this is still supported
> in the current version of the ICQ protocol. It would be nice if this was
> available in any other protocols that might support it.

This is different enough from "basic file transfer" functionality to track it in its own bug. I filed bug 954390 (bio 956) for it.
Thanks for suggesting this, Byte Master.

Comment 7

[Florian Quèze [:florian]]

Mass-change: It looks like the BIO->BMO migration script didn't handle the "Reset Assignee to default" case.